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Sept. 6,1927. 1,641,317

R. R. CANAVELLO CONTAINER Filed Sept. 1924 7. INVENTOR j j @er/(amra/ um Mm, ME; BY @MIIIXXXEQLI WW i ATTORN Y Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

ROBERT CANAVEDLO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CONTAINER.

Application filed September 19, .1924. serial No. 738,600.

Loose face-powder is more desirable for use than the powder compact, because certain ingredients added in the compacting process to .the powder destroy its delicate texture and purity. Compacts are not standard in size; hencea refill cake may not lit a particular box. Not all powders are obtainable in compact form. Even the assumed CODVQDlQllCQOllEI-Gtl bythe compact is not as great as generally supposed, for in use, being brittle, compacts break 1easi'lymany :are broken in shipping-and once broken, they crumple .into a coarse undesirable powder.

Loose powder spills when carried in an ordinary vanity box. This invention has for an object to provide a container for face-- powder or other similar substances that is powder-tight, of the vanity type in which loose powder may safely be carried with out spilling and consequent damage to clothes, or (in .a larger form) as a novel container in which face-powder maybe generally marketed.

Loose powder has a tendency to pack, especially when picked up froman open con tainer by pressinga pufi' upon it. To avoid packing users often shake a small quantity of powder .from such a container into its cover, where it is lightly :and evenly taken up upon the puff. A further object of this invention is to provide a bowl, in conjunction with the container element, from which powder may be picked up on a puff, after being transferred by other means from the container through an opening formed by cutting away a preferably crescent-shaped portion from the edge of the bowl. The bowl prevents waste, as just the desired 40 quantity of powder intended for immediate use is transferred to'it; and the extravagance is avoided of overloading the puff, as in the case of ordinary open containers, which necessitates dusting off and wasting 4.3 the superfluous powder thus applied to the face. The powder in the container forming the subject-matter of the present invention always retains its desirable lightness, because the puff never comes into direct contact with it. As the bowl helps in the even distribution of it on the puff, the powder is consequently applied more smoothly and economically to the face.

A further object is to provide a container from which practically every bit of powder may be removed. This distinguishing feanon ture is not found in any loose-powder vanity box of which Iain aware, the powder usually being -.ob.tained through an opening or openings in .thecenter of the box. As in the present container the opening occurs at .its peripheral edge, it may be completely emptied of its contents. To attain this .object with the maximum facility I provide a yieldable wall or chute of springy material which is fixed to the bottom of the box, extends upward snugly .fitting and slidable at its sides against the walls of the box, .normally bearing against the edge of the bowl at the point where a portion Ihasbeen cut away, .and extending to a point .above the bowl at its free end. Upon tilting the 'box toward the chute, the powder is shifted upon the chute and, when the chute is pressed away from ithebow'l, slides .down it through the gap thus made and into .a spoonssha-ped hollow formed in its free end above the bowl. When released, the chute springs back of its own accord against the lip of the bowl, closing the boxand flipping the powder vcontained 'in its spoon-shaped portion onto .theibow'l, ready to be picked up by a puff. i

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention. A

Figure 1 is a plan view of a. container emdesired shape, but here shown round, that being the form most generally used. Above the powder is a bowl 2, which may if desired be hinged as at 3, as shown in Fig. 5. At a convenient point, preferably opposite the hinge, a portion of the bowl iscut away to leave a space 4 between the edge of the bowl 2 and the wall of the box 1. Fixed to the bottom of the box is a false wall or chute 5, projecting upwardly through the space 4; and preferably spoon-shaped at its upper end 6 above the bowl. This is preferably'set out from the wall of the box at the bottom somewhat as shown, and is "formed of a resilient material so as to be normally held against the edge 01" the bowl, keeping the container closed.

Then it is desired to use some powder, the box is tilted toward the chute 5, which is drawn back from the bowl 2 toward the edge of the box 1 permitting powder to flow through the space 4: and fill the spoon-shaped portion of the chute 5, as shown in Fig. 3, which is then released flipping the desired quantity of powder into the bowl, and closing the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 4.

Provision may be made for ready access to the container portion for refilling the same, as shown in Fig. 5, the container portion 1 being hinged, as at 3. In a box for marketing powder the refilling feature is usually undesirable, in which case the box may be sealed after filling, so that the only access to the powder is through the opening 4, by depressingthe chute/5.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl serving as a cover therefor, an opening adjacent the junction of the receptacle and bowl, and a member normally closing'said opening and adapted when actuated to throw a portion of powder onto the bowl.

2. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl serving as a cover therefor, an opening through said bowl, and a member spoon-shaped at one end normally closing said opening and adapted when actuated to throw a portion of powder onto the bowl.

3. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl disposed above said receptacle, an opening through said bowl, and a plate extending through said opening and normally bearing yieldably against said bowl.

4L. Thecombination comprising'a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl disposed above said receptacle, an opening at the junction of the receptacle and bowl, and a plate fixed to the bottom of the receptacle and extending angularly upward through said opening and normally bearing yieldably against said bowl.

5. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl associated therewith, and resilient means for throwing a portion of powder from the receptacle onto the bowl.

8. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl associated there with, the said mixing bowl having a sub.-

stantially rigid bottom adapted to form a cover for the receptacle, an opening through said bottom, the said opening being located between the center and the peripheral edge of the bottom, and means for throwing a portion of powder from the receptacle onto the bowl.

7. The combination comprising a powder receptacle, a mixing bowl associated, therewith having a bottom adapted to form a cover for the receptacle, an outlet opening .;-.cn(ll11g through said-cover, and resilient means extending below the surface of the powder and projecting through said open ing for throwing a portion of powder from the receptacle onto the bowl, and acting nor.- mally to keep said receptacle outlet closed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT R. CANAVELLO. 

